Druatch Dictionary

This is a dictionary composed of dragon terms for those who are interested in the language that we speak. It was written by Syrosa, and she gave me permission to use it on my site. Also note that Druatch is merely one of the languages spoken by dragons, but by no means the only language they may use, and was the language used to describe the runes found on this website.

"Druatch, the language of the dragons. As of yet I cannot remember the entire language but I know that words will come to me as I need them. I am keeping a log of language that I have learned to date. It is contained in here and will be uploaded in future installments. Unfortunately, due to the sporadic nature of my memories I cannot fully predict when these installments will be. A lot of what I remember is derived from names, hence all the suffixes. A grammatical note, in Druatch, when two words are put together to make another, often sounds that are similar are melded and similar syllables are left out or dropped. Here is what I remember:"

Kaetaa - Basic welcome and farewell, can mean both hello and goodbye.

Daashe, or Daasha - Please, thank you, and your-welcome, all rolled into one. Most often used to thank.

Sketh - Shit, or excrement. One of many draconic swears (For those of you who learn languages solely for the profanity...heh heh)

Skethn're - A derogatory term for anything without the ability to fly, meaning 'Shit-Worm' literally. Used often by Red Chasm dragons as a term for humans especially.

-Rathi - Suffix for 'King' or 'Leader'.

-Ani - Suffix for 'Princess' or 'Queen'

-Ahari - Suffix for 'Prince' or other male of high standing

-Anhi - Suffix for 'Lady' or noblewoman

-Ana, or -Ara - Suffix to denote knighthood or royal favour.

-Athi - Suffix for 'Guardian' or a portector

-Anzi - Suffix for a child or youth.

Mah - A storm. also a prefix used to denote weather. Words that come after or are adapted onto it will tell what sort of weather.

Ta - Cloud, used literally or in a metaphoric sense for softness and beauty. Derivative is 'Tae'.

Thane, or Thaen - A mountain or a bastion of strength.

Thaan - Rock, or mountain, or stone.

Pae - A waterfall. Also 'Pa'.

Ra - Water. Li - Fire Lith - Smoke, also 'Lirth'.

Maha - Thunderstorm.

Sat, or Satha - Hurricane.

Thran or Thra - To make. (as a note usually verbs become suffixes to nouns. Hence Lirthran would be a smoke maker.)

Ayana - Female honorific, like Madam, or Miss, or Missus.

Y'ani - Male honorific, like Sir.

Na - litterally, 'oh', or 'ah'. An acknowledgement.

Koa - 'What?' A querie. na Koa - Litterally 'oh what'. Sort of like 'I see' or 'Now I get it'. Also an exclamation of suprise.

Kaaji, or Kajji - Yes, an affirmative.

Deiga - No. A negative.

Deigo, or Deigos - Bad, evil, wrong. Having a very bad taint to it.

Kaeaja - Very good, pure, right.

Sho - Wisdom

Sha - Knowledge

Mata - Stormcloud (conglomeration of Mah and Ta, with the 'h' sound dropped.)

Rata, or Raeta - Fog or water vapour.

Anen - Dream.

Enial or Aneal - Beauty.

Han, or Ihan - Dance, dancing, or to dance.

Oot, or Oote - Dragon word for dogs and canines in general. Ooata is a wolf.

Druak - one of the many names dragons have for themselves. Also, Drooge, Drak, Druatk, Drooka, Daekar, and countless other derivatives.

Shi'adaa - This is hello or goodbye between close friends.

Shaan - This means mage. (sha-an)

Annehr - Rip, to rip, ripper

Io - Literally, a prefix to denote power, the authority to command power, or one who is powerful.

Lirathan - The smoke of swords

Athan - (Atha - forge Than - stone Forge stone - sword - Athan)

Thaan'aan - Rock great (literally)

An - is great

Rae'Oren - Water flow (Oren is to flow or flowing)

Ta'Erhen - Cloud Freedom or Cloud Free (Erhen is freedom)

Raeadh - Rain

Libaah - Sun (Sky Fire)

Abaah - Sky

Waecrah - Snow

Waen - Cold

Ari - White

Acrah - Feather (singular)

Crah - Feathers (plural)

Zhi - You

Ih - You

Zhin - People

Vo Zhudhe Zhi Dai - What think you did. (issue verb subject finisher)

Ni - Me, my, or I depending on context

Na - Heart

Ninah - Lover, literally (my heart). Dropping the 'h' causes it to become less formal - see next)

Nina - Close friend. (Literally, dearheart)

Zhu - Do

Vrai'i - Surprise

Zhu Ni Vrai'i Zhi - Do I surprise you.

Akiar - A fly or an insect

Ta'kaya - The dragon equivalent of a year.

Tahe - To run

Kaya - Roll, churn, turn, or spin. Anything that has to do with rotating, basically.

"This ends what I remember for now, but I'll continue to write down what I remember as I remember it. An example of the grammer I mentioned before is shown well in the name of Ta'Anenial, which means 'Cloud Dream-Beauty'. The 'ta' is apostrophied, but the anenial springs from the words Anen, and Enial. Anenenial would sound goofy so the rendundant syllable was dropped. The same in the name Mahari, which means 'Storm Prince'. Literally it would be Mahahari, which is also rendunant, so one of the 'ah' syllables is dropped. Shaanzi (or Child of Knowledge) is one of the rare instances where a letter is not dropped, being of the roots Sha, and -Anzi. This is possibly because it adds more emphasis on the youthfulness of the dragon who bears this name. The suffix -Anzi may be dropped as the dragon grows older."

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Isedon Goldwing says: This work on the language done by Tysharina.

English ~ Illsyndran (Pronouncation) [other meanings]

A

Above ~ Lowal (low-al)

Ache ~ Sjed (sh-jed) [also means pain]

Alone ~ Enara (en-ar-ah) [also used for lonely]

Apprentice ~ Tol-ensha (toll-en-sha)

B

Bad ~ Deigo (de-ah-go) [also used for evil and wrong]

Battle! ~ Koi'ai (koy-i) [used to call dragon to fight]

Beautiful ~ Anealn (an-el-en)

Beauty ~ Aneal (an-el)

Because ~ Atara (at-tar-ah)

Become ~ Attana (at-tan-ah)

Behind ~ Towan (to-wan)

Blue ~ Hyn (h-in)

Black ~ Mian (my-an)

Body ~ Efka (eff-car)

Brown ~ Miail (my-a-ill)

C

Can ~ Kara (car-a)

Cannot ~ Kalena (ka-lean-a)

Charm ~ Adenshana (add-en-shan-a)

Clan ~ Sol'araenal (soul-aran-en-l)

Cloud ~ Ta (ta)

Cloud Free ~ Ta'erhen (tar-ear-hen) [used to describe flying on a good day]

Cold ~ Waen (way-en)

Come! ~ Ten! (ten)

Coming ~ Tenva (ten-va)

Council ~ Sha'shan (sha-sh-an)

Council Chambers ~ Shatain (sha-ta-en)

Council Member ~ Tol'Sha (toll-sha) [means 'one of knowledge']

Crimson ~ Cernmin (cern-min)

Cycle ~ Ta'kaya (tar-kay-ah) [also an Illsyndran 'year']

D

Dance ~ han (han)

Dancing ~ D'han (d-han)

Dark ~ Sil (sill) [also used for night]

Day ~ Kayti (kay-te) [the time between dawns]

Day ~ Sol (soul) [the time when it is light]

Dead ~ Jaren (jar-en)

Do ~ Zhu (zoo)

Don't ~ Na (nah)

Dragon ~ Daekar (day-car)

Dragon (young) ~ Daeja (day-ja)

Dream ~ Anen

Dying ~ Jari (jar-eye)

E

Elf ~ Elari (el-lar-e) [these are not the Tolkien or RPG elves, the only thing they have in common are the ears and long hair.]

Evil ~ Deigo (de-ah-go) [also used for bad and wrong]

F

Family ~ Sol'shan (soul-sha-en) [also used for kin]

Fire ~ Li (lee)

Fish ~ Raeves (ray-vas)

Flight ~ Ablowan (ah-blow-an)

Flow ~ Oren (or-en)

Flowing ~ Orenal (or-en-al)

Fly ~ Ablow (ah-blow)

Flying ~ Ablowa (ah-blow-ah) [see also Cloud Free]

Fog ~ Rata (rat-ah)

Freedom ~ Erhen (er-hen)

Friend ~ Nizhi (knee-zee)

Friend (close) ~ Nina (ne-na)

Fruit ~ taven (tar-ven) [used for anything that grows on trees or bushes]

G

Give ~ Twan (t-wan)

Given ~ Twani (t-wan-e)

Go ~ Adda (add-ah) [also used for leave]

Gold ~ Aila (ail-ah)

Good ~ Kae (kay)

Good (very) ~ Kaeaja (kay-ah-jah) [also used for pure and right]

Goodbye ~ Kaetaa (kay-tar) [used for greetings and farewells]

Goodbye (close friends) ~ Shi'adaa (she-add-ah) [also used for hello between close friends]

Green ~ Tein (tea-en)

Grey ~ Elmian (el-me-an)

H

Heart ~ Na (na)

Hello ~ Kaetaa (kay-tar) [used for greetings and farewells]

Hello (close friends) ~ Shi'adaa (she-add-ah) [also used for goodbye between close friends]

Help ~ Vel (vel)

Helpless ~ Deivel (de-ah-vel)

Home ~ Tain (ta-en)

I

Insect ~ Akiar (a-ky-arh)

Insult ~ Ta'kesh (tar-k-esh) [has no English translation, is used as a general insult]

K

Killed ~ Jarken (jar-ken) [also used for murdered]

Kin ~ Sol'shan (soul-sha-en) [also used for family]

L

Learn ~ Ensha (en-sha) [mainly used as 'to learn']

Leave ~ Adda (add-ah) [also used for go]

Light ~ Sol (soul) [also used for daytime]

Lonely ~ Enara (en-ar-ah) [also used for alone]

Love ~ Adera (a-dear-ah)

Lover ~ Ninah (nin-ah)

M

Made ~ Thren (th-ren)

Mage ~ Shaan (sha-an)

Make ~ Thran (th-ran) [mainly used as 'to make']

Me ~ Ni (ne) [used regarding posessions, also used for mine]

Me ~ Mai (mah) [used regarding yourself]

Melt ~ Crahn (kh-ran)

Mine ~ Ni (ne) [also used for me]

Mountain ~ Thane (th-ain)

N

Night ~ Sil (sill) [the time when it is dark, also used for dark]

No ~ Deiga (de-ah-ga)

P

People ~ Zhin (zh-in)

Power ~ Io (eye-oh)

Pure ~ Kaeaja (kay-ah-jah) [also used for very good and right]

R

Rain ~ Raeadh (ray-add-h)

Raincloud ~ Raeadta (ray-add-ta)

Red ~ Cern (kern)

Right ~ Kaeaja (kay-ah-jah) [also used for very good and pure]

S

Scales ~ Efkan (eff-can)

Silver ~ Shaila (sh-ai-la)

Snow ~ Waecrah (way-kh-rah)

Soul ~ Kel (kel)

Soulache ~ Kel'sjed (kel-sh-jed)

Speak ~ Shenta (shen-tah)

Speak, to ~ D'shenta (d-shen-tah)

Spoken ~ Shental (shen-ta-al)

Spy ~ Shaken (sha-ken) [also used for traitor]

Storm ~ Mah (mah)

Stormcloud ~ Mata (mah-ta)

T

Teach ~ D'ensha (d-en-sha)

Thank You ~ Daashe (dash-she)

Thunder ~ Ha (hah)

Thunderstorm ~ Maha (ma-hah)

Traitor ~ Shaken (sha-ken) [also used for spy]

W

Want ~ Sa (sah)

Water ~ Ra (ra)

Waterfall ~ Pae (pay)

Water flow ~ Rae'oren (ray-or-en)

Welcome ~ Kaetaa (kay-tar) [also used for farewell, most comment greeting and parting phrase on Illsyndra]

Welcome (, you are) ~ Daasha (dash-arr)

White ~ Elmi (el-me)

Wing ~ Aren (ar-en)

Wings ~ Areni (ar-en-e)

Wolf ~ Ootar (ou-tar)

Wrong ~ Deigo (de-ah-go) [also used for bad and evil]

Y

Year ~ Ta'kaya (tar-kay-ah) [an Illsyndran 'year' is shorter than a earthly one]